You're wrong. Super Mario Pinball Land was a genuine disappointment to me, but Nintendo hasn't made any disappointing Mario games that's as lacking in quality and enjoyability as that particular game since.

Fantastic Supreme ‹berkaiser Emperor Folt of The Infinity and Beyond" ... "The First"!

Well damn, am I the only straight-up Ninty fanboy 'round these corners?

That's not really a good thing, as fanboys are insuffera-

Nobody is perfect. Not even Nintendo.

Well, I only ever buy Nintendo consoles, so there.

... That's not really being a fanboy. Fanboys don't realize that nothing is perfect.

I used to be a Nintendo fanboy as a kid, thinking that Nintendo was always awesome, and that the other companies were bad. Only buying Nintendo's consoles, and refusing to buy other companies consoles. Of course later on I grew up and realized at how stupid that was, and I just buy whatever games I want. Though I do find that Nintendo's game have gone down in quality, and aren't as good as they used to be. (Super Mario 3D Land had to be one of the most boring Mario games I have ever played. And I hated how it forced you to play with 3D at all times, otherwise, death by depth perception. And even with 3D on, that still happened.)

Is there a reason that Nintendo doesn't actively make or fund M-rated games? I know that part of the reason that the PS3 and 360 have so much grimdark games is that Sony and Microsoft actively make those kinds of games. Nintendo on the other hand seems to only be willing to leave that to third parties on their consoles.

I think they made a few M rated games. I think Miyamoto helped work on one of those too (and made suggestions on how to make the game more horrifying.) I guess they just prefer to work on the kiddy titles.

@Wacky: Eh, more like 6:4 or 7:3. It's not that heavily populated by dark games.

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